Thursday, November 22, 2012
A number of years ago, I’d sort of established it as a tradition to write a special Thanksgiving post here on the blog. (Check back in the archive for 2006–2009, if you like.) It is, longtime followers may recall, my favorite holiday, in large part because (colonial origins not withstanding) Thanksgiving is not based on [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
As if I needed more reasons to promote my ongoing Kickstarter campaign for The Littlest Shoggoth, it turns out that November is not merely the time of NaNoWriMo, it’s also Picture Book Month! I was, of course completely unaware of that when I picked this as the month to run a fund drive for my [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Historically, it has been difficult to keep a gaming magazine alive. Only a storied few have ever lasted longer than a year or two, which perhaps is why they inspire so many stories and fond recollections. For the past five years, our hobby has been blessed by the presence of the “small but fierce” pages [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
I saw the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, this week (and, no, is it NOT the “worst movie” I’m referring to in the title of this post—hold on, I’m getting to that). In the previews, they showed a trailer for what I was immediately able to identify as an absolutely HORRIBLE, terribly written, tritely conceived, [...]
One of the funny things about listening to what the various members of the Beatles have to say in the interview snippets within the Beatles Anthology documentaries is how they themselves view and think about “the Beatles.” To them, it seems, “the Beatles” is something that happened to the rest of the world while they [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been re-watching the Beatles Anthology 8-part documentary that the BBC did back in 2002 to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary. I remember learning a lot the first time I watched these shows and, despite having done fairly extensive reading about the group, the individuals, and their histories, feeling like I [...]
While watching In Search of Steve Ditko, one thing struck me in a very personal way. It was the part of the interview with Stan Lee in Part 6 where the discussion of credit comes up. Over the years, there has been a lot of grief thrown Stan’s way about taking sole credit as the [...]
When the power went off at my apartment it was midday, and even with the blinds closed (to preserve heat), there was enough ambient light for me to gather my necessary belongings and pack my bags so that I could evacuate to the warmth of my friends’ home. However, once I stepped out the door [...]
Last week I went to the Sci-Fi Museum in downtown Seattle. I’ve been a member of the museum for a number of years (many of which, I wasn’t even living in Seattle) just because I wanted to support this kind of institution — a museum devoted to the art, literature, movies, and TV that most [...]
Thursday, August 18, 2011
One of the games I was most looking forward to picking up at this year’s Gen Con was Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple. This, of course, was at least a little bit because it does such a good job of echoing the look, feel, and spirit of the animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender (which [...]